Friday, March 19, 2010

Climate change adaption project set in Agusan Norte communities in the Philippines

Mike U. Crismundo in the Manila Bulletin (Philippines): The climate resilient farming communities in Agusan del Norte, through Innovative Risk Transfer Mechanisms (IRTM), are now in the final stage in preparation for specific interventions, in line with the Climate Change Adaptation (CCA), it was learned Wednesday.

It was also learned that the selection will be done anytime as soon as the technical working group and subsequently the project’s advisory committee (PAC) is done with the final review of the baseline study which was commissioned late last year.

The PAC is currently chaired by Caraga Regional Director Brielgo O. Pagaran of the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI), with Agusan del Norte Gov. Erlpe John Amante, and Department of Labor and Employment (DoLE) officials as members.

The draft baseline study was earlier subjected to a provincial validation workshop last December with Agusan del Norte provincial and municipal officials, representatives from farmer groups, people’s organizations, financing institutions, and government line agencies. Pagaran said Agusan del Norte is actually one of only five demonstration sites in the country for the climate change project under the Millennium Development Goals Fund (MDGF)…..

June 2009 – At the studios of Cleanskies TV, I was interviewed about the costs of climate change, and discussed adaptation efforts underway in the US and around the world.

May 2009 – I helped draft the scenarios for Rising Waters, a multistakeholder scenarios effort focused on climate change adaptation in the Hudson Valley. The final report is now completed and available here.

May 2008 – I reviewed two books on climate and energy in the New Leader magazine: James Gustave Speth's The Bridge at the Edge of the World: Capitalism, the Environment and Crossing from Crisis to Sustainability, plus Robert Bryce's Gusher of Lies: The Dangerous Delusions of Energy Independence.

January 2008 – A very local paper covers a very global issue.... The Litchfield County Times in northwestern Connectictut ran an article in January 2008 about Carbon-Based.

Now available: Climate Change Adaptation in 2011

A selection of my writings from 2011, plus some of my posts, as well as links... all focusing on the risks of climate change